UMECUnited Mining Exploration Commission: A group of friends playing JumpGate-- "a MMORPG that launched smoothly, breaks from fantasy character setting, emphasizes PvP, and is the first persistent world space simulator that nobody talks about." ~Scorch

Chapter one of the Jumpgate saga features five factions (three of them playable) that have been joined together in a very uneasy alliance.

Gamespy (ships/pvp) wrote:

Jumpgate leans much closer to the in-your-face space battles of Elite and Freespace

Gamespy wrote:

Gamespy (EP1missions/pvp) wrote:

Currently, most of the missions (once you can afford a decent ship) are fine and good, but the combat between factions seemed somewhat lacking in excitement. Player-controlled skirmishes felt a bit disjointed and seemed less than integral to the main Jumpgate storyline.

Gamespy (EP2-missions/pvp) wrote:

In fact, the developers claim that all the missions will be more "player-centric" and will hopefully keep new pilots drawn into the story, while giving the old war dogs something new to chew on.

Gamespy (EP2-Economy/PoS) wrote:

[PoS] will allow pilots to decide what commodities they want to make or what services to provide.

Gamespy (EP2-Ships/PoS) wrote:

Spacecraft Hanger - Allows storage of extra ships.
Fans of the game have been clamoring for a long time for Netdevil to bless them with the ability to own more than one ship.

Gamespy (EP2-Missions/PoS) wrote:

Mission Computer - Allows for missions to be issued by a station owner.
Whether the missions will benefit the station owner themselves, a particular faction, or whomever the player chooses, the possibilities are numerous.

Gamespy (EP2-Conflux) wrote:

At the time of this preview, it was unclear what a player's minimum level would need to be in order to venture into Conflux space

Gamespy (EP2-Ships) wrote:

Attack of the Conflux will introduce three or four playable ship types per faction. Among the new categories of craft are larger ships, including freighters and advanced fighters.

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